Anders Norman
@micronorman.bsky.social
Relapsed microbial ecologist/plasmid nerd/bioinformatician now working with Mycobacteria and Tuberculosis Epi. Research Associate at Statens Serum Institute.
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Glad to share our paper out today @NatureEcoEvo: “Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor”. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky #archaeasky
Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Phylogenetic and biochemical analyses show a diversity of components of the DNA replication machinery in different Asgard archaea that contributed to the eukaryotic DNA replication machinery.
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Glad to share our paper out today @NatureEcoEvo: “Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor”. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky #archaeasky
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New paper with my (amazing) friend and mentor @jrpenades.bsky.social
Really looking forward to see what plasmid aficionados think of this one!!
With @asantoslopez.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social Akshay Sabins and others
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Really looking forward to see what plasmid aficionados think of this one!!
With @asantoslopez.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social Akshay Sabins and others
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Non-conjugative plasmids limit their mobility to persist in nature
Sabnis et al. explain why non-conjugative plasmids move at a low rate in nature. While
increased mobility can easily evolve by incorporating phage DNA into plasmids, this
is disadvantageous because it...
www.cell.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New paper with my (amazing) friend and mentor @jrpenades.bsky.social
Really looking forward to see what plasmid aficionados think of this one!!
With @asantoslopez.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social Akshay Sabins and others
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Really looking forward to see what plasmid aficionados think of this one!!
With @asantoslopez.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social Akshay Sabins and others
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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New research from Nicolas Menzies & colleagues: Potential #paediatric #tuberculosis incidence and deaths resulting from interruption in programmes supported by international health aid, 2025–34: a mathematical modelling study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#PedSky #InternationalAid
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#PedSky #InternationalAid
Potential paediatric tuberculosis incidence and deaths resulting from interruption in programmes supported by international health aid, 2025–34: a mathematical modelling study
Without actions to restore discontinued services, cuts to health aid for tuberculosis
and HIV programmes could result in millions of additional childhood tuberculosis cases
and deaths in low-income an...
www.thelancet.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New research from Nicolas Menzies & colleagues: Potential #paediatric #tuberculosis incidence and deaths resulting from interruption in programmes supported by international health aid, 2025–34: a mathematical modelling study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#PedSky #InternationalAid
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#PedSky #InternationalAid
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Announcing a call for a special issue on Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Pathogens, led by our guest editors Sidharth Chopra, Arunava Dasgupta and @lkremer1.bsky.social! Accepting manuscripts on various themes.
Deadline - March 30, 2026.
@pubs.acs.org
Link - pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Deadline - March 30, 2026.
@pubs.acs.org
Link - pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Call for Papers: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Pathogens─Biology, Infection, and Drug Discovery
pubs.acs.org
September 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Announcing a call for a special issue on Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Pathogens, led by our guest editors Sidharth Chopra, Arunava Dasgupta and @lkremer1.bsky.social! Accepting manuscripts on various themes.
Deadline - March 30, 2026.
@pubs.acs.org
Link - pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Deadline - March 30, 2026.
@pubs.acs.org
Link - pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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What was antibiotic resistance like before we ever used antibiotics? How did we change what antibiotic resistance genes looked like over 100 years?
Our paper looking at resistance genes from a century of NCTC historical isolates now out in mGen:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Our paper looking at resistance genes from a century of NCTC historical isolates now out in mGen:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Genomic resistance in historical clinical isolates increased in frequency and mobility after the age of antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is frequently observed shortly after the clinical introduction of an antibiotic. Whether and how frequently that resistance occurred before the introduction is harder to determin...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What was antibiotic resistance like before we ever used antibiotics? How did we change what antibiotic resistance genes looked like over 100 years?
Our paper looking at resistance genes from a century of NCTC historical isolates now out in mGen:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Our paper looking at resistance genes from a century of NCTC historical isolates now out in mGen:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Fun fact: diluted tattoo inks and washes make pretty decent carbon sources for NTMs.
Eight of 63 clients of a tattoo artist using a homemade (witch hazel-based) diluent developed an NTM skin and soft tissue infection.
Just say no to 🙅♂️homemade tattoo ink
#IDSky
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Just say no to 🙅♂️homemade tattoo ink
#IDSky
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Skin Infections Associated With One Tattoo Studio—Oregon, January–April 2023
Abstract. Surgical, cosmetic, and tattooing procedures can lead to nontuberculous mycobacterium skin and soft tissue infections. Eight Oregonians developed
academic.oup.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Fun fact: diluted tattoo inks and washes make pretty decent carbon sources for NTMs.
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The global TB epidemic is driven by social determinants. In this case-control study in Peru, we characterised the associations between multidimensional household poverty, personal risk factors, and TB. @tb-lshtm.bsky.social idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The social determinants of tuberculosis: a case-control study characterising pathways to equitable intervention in Peru - Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background Despite being key components of global tuberculosis policy, poverty reduction and social protection interventions have been inconsistently implemented. We aimed to characterise how poverty ...
idpjournal.biomedcentral.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The global TB epidemic is driven by social determinants. In this case-control study in Peru, we characterised the associations between multidimensional household poverty, personal risk factors, and TB. @tb-lshtm.bsky.social idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Really pleased to see this study led by @raymondkiu.bsky.social now published in @natcomms.nature.com!
We show that probiotics help modulate the preterm infant 👶#microbiome - to reduce ARGs, lower MDR bacteria 🦠 & increase beneficial Bifido ✨
Huge team effort!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We show that probiotics help modulate the preterm infant 👶#microbiome - to reduce ARGs, lower MDR bacteria 🦠 & increase beneficial Bifido ✨
Huge team effort!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Really pleased to see this study led by @raymondkiu.bsky.social now published in @natcomms.nature.com!
We show that probiotics help modulate the preterm infant 👶#microbiome - to reduce ARGs, lower MDR bacteria 🦠 & increase beneficial Bifido ✨
Huge team effort!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We show that probiotics help modulate the preterm infant 👶#microbiome - to reduce ARGs, lower MDR bacteria 🦠 & increase beneficial Bifido ✨
Huge team effort!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our study on TB rates among Greenlanders in Denmark is out: doi.org/10.1080/2374...
Extraordinarily high incidence rates of tuberculosis among Greenlanders living in Denmark, 2006–2022
Many Greenlanders move from Greenland, a tuberculosis (TB) high-incidence country, to Denmark, a TB low-incidence country. Surprisingly, according to official statistics, the TB incidence among Gre...
doi.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Our study on TB rates among Greenlanders in Denmark is out: doi.org/10.1080/2374...
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Happy to finally share this! Read here about the best strategy the the persistence of low-copy plasmids. @mariosanter.bsky.social @iwangtoknow.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
The combination of active partitioning and toxin-antitoxin systems is most advantageous for low-copy plasmid fitness - Nature Communications
Effe et al. evaluate how specific plasmid traits influence plasmid fitness; they provide mechanistic insight into the persistence of large conjugative plasmids, including those that disseminate antibi...
doi.org
August 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Happy to finally share this! Read here about the best strategy the the persistence of low-copy plasmids. @mariosanter.bsky.social @iwangtoknow.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Here's our new broad review on the extended mobility of plasmids, about all mechanisms driving and limiting their transfer. From conjugation to conduction, phage-plasmids to hitchers, molecular to evolutionary dynamics, ecology to biotech. The state of affairs. 1/9 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
July 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Here's our new broad review on the extended mobility of plasmids, about all mechanisms driving and limiting their transfer. From conjugation to conduction, phage-plasmids to hitchers, molecular to evolutionary dynamics, ecology to biotech. The state of affairs. 1/9 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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And that's a wrap on #ESM2025! A huge thank you to our incredible community of scientists, speakers, and organizers who made this week unforgettable. The future of mycobacteriology is bright! See you all in 2026! 👋 #Tuberculosis #Science
June 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
And that's a wrap on #ESM2025! A huge thank you to our incredible community of scientists, speakers, and organizers who made this week unforgettable. The future of mycobacteriology is bright! See you all in 2026! 👋 #Tuberculosis #Science
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Great presentation from Xenia at #esm2025 supported by @micronorman.bsky.social and @tlillebaek.bsky.social and others on decades of NTM isolates from patients and how it changes over those years.
June 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Great presentation from Xenia at #esm2025 supported by @micronorman.bsky.social and @tlillebaek.bsky.social and others on decades of NTM isolates from patients and how it changes over those years.
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One of my favorite papers; congratulations @spyroslytras.bsky.social and Jonathan Pekar!
Here is our chat about this remarkabe work and what it means for the zoonotic origins of COVID-19
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROUd...
Here is our chat about this remarkabe work and what it means for the zoonotic origins of COVID-19
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROUd...
Chasing the bat origins of SARS-CoV-2
YouTube video by Protagonist Science
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May 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
One of my favorite papers; congratulations @spyroslytras.bsky.social and Jonathan Pekar!
Here is our chat about this remarkabe work and what it means for the zoonotic origins of COVID-19
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROUd...
Here is our chat about this remarkabe work and what it means for the zoonotic origins of COVID-19
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROUd...
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New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!
April 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!
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Guess the cat is out of the bag.
Today marks the beginning of the end of the false lab leak narrative.
Read what I have been working on over the last years:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/exclusive-...
Today marks the beginning of the end of the false lab leak narrative.
Read what I have been working on over the last years:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: The inside story behind the search for the origins of COVID-19
An big screen documentary movie, an announcement, and an exclusive excerpt from "Lab Leak Fever", the definitive book unraveling the pandemic origin controversy
www.protagonist-science.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Guess the cat is out of the bag.
Today marks the beginning of the end of the false lab leak narrative.
Read what I have been working on over the last years:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/exclusive-...
Today marks the beginning of the end of the false lab leak narrative.
Read what I have been working on over the last years:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/exclusive-...
It finally arrived!
March 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It finally arrived!